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women’s support centers in Guatemala, and Sudan, TED
headquarters in Saudi Arabia, and, most provocatively
“anywhere.” Work 8 vividly explores the ways that our
interior environments respond to the diversity of cultural
and ecological contexts.
The School of Constructed Environments comprises four
disciplines—Interior Design, Architecture, Lighting and
Product Design—that are part of the rich intellectual
context of The New School. The social, performative and
political questions posed by the design projects and critical
essays in this volume both inform and are informed by the
wide array of Parsons and New School degree programs in
Design, Performing Arts, Social Research, the Humanities
and Public Policy. The New School has always been at the
forefront of creative action-based research in the context
of new societal challenges. Work 8: Interior Sites is an
important part of the global vision and impact of Parsons
and The New School.

Brian McGrath
Dean, SCE